The New York County District Attorney’s Office’s (DANY) multi-year investigation into
former President Donald J. Trump is unprecedented. As revealed in former Special Assistant
District Attorney Mark F. Pomerantz’s self-serving book, People vs. Trump: An Insider’s
Account, 2 since at least 2018, the DANY has weaponized the criminal justice system, scouring
every aspect of President Trump’s personal life and business affairs, going back decades, in the
hopes of finding some legal basis—however far-fetched, novel, or convoluted—to bring charges
against him. When one legal theory would not pan out, instead of discontinuing its politically
motivated investigation, the DANY simply pivoted to a new theory, constantly searching for a
crime—any crime—to prosecute President Trump.
The story behind the DANY’s investigation into President Trump and the people
involved illustrate the clear partisan aim of this case. Pomerantz is a former federal prosecutor
who eagerly volunteered to serve as a special assistant district attorney to solely work on the
efforts to prosecute President Trump.
Working under former District Attorney Cyrus Vance,
Pomerantz assisted with “lead[ing] the effort” in developing a case against President Trump until
he abruptly resigned in February 2022 shortly after District Attorney Alvin Bragg took office.4
Prior to his election, Bragg openly boasted about his experience suing the Trump Administration
“more than 100 times” and campaigned on a platform of “holding [President Trump]
accountable.” However, when Bragg did not move quickly enough to file charges against
President Trump, Pomerantz opted to go public, writing a book and orchestrating a pressure
campaign to force Bragg into action.
And it worked.
Read the report here: https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-04-25-Report-An-Anatomy-of-a-Political-Prosecution.pdf
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